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Thursday, 16 January 2014

Chocolate Covered Banana Cake Poops

Yes, they are Cake Poops, not Cake Pops.One, because they looked like poops, and two, because they are - strictly speaking - not cake pops.I was baking banana cake based on the Hummingbird Bakery book, and I could tell it wasn't quite going well; the cake looked like it was baked when it still had at least 30 minutes to go. It clearly wasn't done, so I decided to risk it and go for a run - ostensibly for 20 minutes, but as a non-runner, and indeed non-exercise-anything-person, it took a little bit longer, and I returned to a very well done and slightly sunken cake.In its defence, it was still edible, but it looked terrible. I couldn't present that!I decided to try and salvage the cake as I can't abide waste (have I mentioned that before?!)I cut the well done edges off and crumbled the cake inner (which tasted very nice, by the way, it just had the appearance of a Jamaican Ginger Cake!) then mashed them into healthy sized balls (about the size of a ping pong ball), and then dipped them in dark chocolate melted with a bit of butter.I chilled them in the fridge for just under an hour, and by which point they still kept their shine, yet were firm and cool enough to eat. They were delicious. I would definitely do something like this again, but only if the cake looked like it had been hit with the ugly stick.When I later managed to get on-line, I then discovered that cake pops are actually crumbled cakes mixed with a bit of buttercream icing and then chilled before dipping into chocolate.I state now that the likelihood of me ever making cake pops is minimal. Cake Poops all the way.